Cheryline Lawson
May 29, 2008
If you are doing business online, you will need to know how to work from home writing or find a writing assistance from a ghostwriter, who can do the job for you. You can even try using "writing book software," to give you more confidence. As it stands now, there is a shortage of work from home writers and the demand for work is evident even in such a volatile economy. Whether you are writing a report or writing a resume cover letter, you must be able to put it all into the right words and phrases.
To "become a writer," you don´t have to be perfect. All you need to know is good grammar and have certain flair with words so you can keep your readers engaged. You don't have to be a genius to be a writer, but one fact that is clear is that if you take "writing jobs from home," just for the money, you will not have enough passion for it.
If you are a business owner, you can spend time using writing recognition software, but believe me; your time could be spent doing other important things while you have someone else to the task for you. Remember now, that you are writing to win and so you have to have a strategic plan for what you intend to achieve.
If you want to create your own flexible schedule, then writing from home jobs is a way to get started into the field of writing. Here are several tips below to get your mind thinking about how you want to approach the idea of writing from home.
1. Freelance Writer. There are many "work from home websites" that you can access on the Internet and do "home computers work." Elance.com has a whole category for individuals who want to bid on writing projects. If you have little experience, you start off by bidding on the easier jobs such as article writing or article rewriting. You may not be able to supplement your income right away, but be patient and aggressive.
2. Books and Ebooks. You can write your own book or become a ghostwriter for someone who does not have time to write their own book. If you are comfortable with giving someone else credit for your own writing in exchange for money, then I would encourage you to do just that. There are many people doing just that. Elance also has businesses or entrepreneurs who post projects looking for ebook writers. These ebooks are usually 50 pages long and research may be possible depending on your knowledge of the topic, but the Internet offers a lot of information.
3. Book reviews. There are authors who need their books to be reviews so that they can increase their book sales. Amazon.com has many examples of book reviews that can help you. It does involve reading so if you are a speed reader, then this is one of the "work from home listings" for you.
4. Press Release. Press releases are very specialized and so you have to know how to write this kind of media driven piece of information. You are trying to advertise without being too blatant. So you should not include any sales copy in your Press Release. I wrote a very informative article about Press Releases on my blog at http://www.onwritecourse.com. You can take a look at that to get a better idea. You can charge between $50 to $200 for a Press Release depending on the client budget and your writing experience.
5. Blog Posting. Blogs are search engine friendly and a lot of Internet Marketers want to take advantage of this, but don´t have the time to put daily post on their blogs. So that is where you come in. You can become a professional blog poster for different clients. You can also target a specific blog niche and email the blog owner and ask if they you´re your help. Projects related to blog posting are also at elance.com for bidding. You can try problogger.com, which offers work from home listings for blog posters. This is also a form of writing from home.
